Fourth North Carolina Provincial Congress information
Fourth North Carolina Provincial Congress (1776)
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President Samuel Johnston
Overview
Legislative body
North Carolina Provincial Congress
Jurisdiction
North Carolina, United States
Meeting place
Halifax, North Carolina
Term
1776
Members
153 Delegates (35 counties, 8 Districts)
President
Samuel Johnston[1]
Vice-President
Allen Jones[2]
Secretary
James Green Jr.[3][4]
Assistant Secretary
James Glasgow[4][5]
Clerk
John Hunt[4]
Sessions
1st
April 4, 1776 – May 14, 1776
The Fourth North Carolina Provincial Congress was one of five extra-legal unicameral bodies that met beginning in the summer of 1774 through 1776. They were modeled after the colonial lower house (House of Commons). These congresses created a government structure, issued bills of credit to pay for the movement, organized an army for defense, wrote a constitution and bill of rights that established the state of North Carolina, and elected their first acting governor in the fifth congress that met in 1776. These congresses paved the way for the first meeting of the North Carolina General Assembly on April 7, 1777 in New Bern, North Carolina.[6] The Fourth Congress met in Halifax from April 4 to May 14, 1776. Samuel Johnston served as president, with Allen Jones as vice-president.[6][7][4][8][1][2]
^ abBair, Anna Withers (1988). "Samuel Johnston". NCPEDIA. Retrieved November 2, 2019.
^ abHowerton, Timothy L. (1988). "Allen Jones". NCPEDIA. Retrieved November 2, 2019.
^Reidinger, Martin (1986). "James Green, Jr". NCPEDIA. Retrieved November 2, 2019.
^ abcdLewis, J. D. "4th Provincial Congress". The American Revolution in North Carolina. Retrieved August 13, 2019.
^Holloman, Charles R. (1986). "James Glasgow". NCPEDIA. Retrieved November 3, 2019.
^ abButler, Lindley (2006). Powell, William Stevens (ed.). Encyclopedia of North Carolina, Provincial Congresses. University of North Carolina Press. pp. 917–918. ISBN 0807830712.
^"State Library of North Carolina. Information page for Tryon Palace". Archived from the original on 2008-05-03.
^Connor, Robert Diggs Wimberly, ed. (1913). A Manual of North Carolina Issued by the North Carolina Historical Commission for the Use of Members of the General Assembly Session 1913. Retrieved August 13, 2019.
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